New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-18
ATHLETIC RECORDS BROKEN
CHEERING THE SUCCESSFUL AMArEURa
ONE OF TEE ENGLISH CHAMPIONS DlsQuALIyrKp-
THE WINNERS.

ONE o. TIE ENGLISH CHAMPIONS DlsQUALIyrEp-
THE WINNERS.
Seldom has "a athletic club felt defeat % kseny OF
its members shown IL plainly did the Manhattan
yesterday after tho splendid championship games
tho Eighty sixth-st aud Eighth-sve. grounds After
gathering in every prominent athlete In tins country
and sending 70 England for others to prevent its
rival, the Ns~-York Athletic Club, from scoring
where its own members could not hope TO score, the
New-York men gained ffty-nins points to the Mar
hattan's ffty-sx but the q cherry diamond people
console themselves somewhat By saying that they
gained the most championships Thirteen Of the
seventeen contests were won by representatives Of
mile bicycle race. the 200 and 40 yard runs, the
22O-yards hurdle race. the running high jump and
the and the three mile walks. while the trophies
for the and nve mile runs the running broad
jump and the three weightputting c0ntests may be
hung up in the clubhouse where Mercurys flying
foot 10 the chosen emolcm.
Between three and four thousand people witnessed
the games. William B. Curtss the referee, J. e.
Sullivan, Walton Storm and Mortimer Bisbop the
judges Messrs. Avery, Robertson and Reed the
timers George Turner. Pbiladslphias expert. the
Messrs Price, Buermeyer, West and Professor Goldie
the .nessurers. Two records were brok,n, the
American Bakers IN the pole vault BY oh .mpion
figures tor running 220 yard hurdle four-Hfths
Of second lQueck bsrner. of the New York club,
the Manhattan's Won both walks. Clark, the Black
Heath terrier couldn't run because OF . sore loot,
ana Csrke. an Englishmsn, was disqualified tor un-
fair walking IN the three-mlie race
The 1JOysrds dash was run in three FIRST trial
heats, one trial for second and o final. Not
breath OF air stirred aud the track was perfect s the
starters down the stretch tor the first trial
heat. e. H. Sherrel jr, of Yale. beat White, OF the
Msnhartans, handiIy in 10 40 seconds. ). 4. Muir.
phy with Tn. and gold colors OF the Missouri
Athletic Club, and +. Wcstlng and Copeland, o. the
Mauhstans the starters in the second trial The
maroon and gold man burst the tape yard ahead OF
cheering was loud. 4. W. McCaul, OF the Olympics,
and Adams OF the. MauhAttans ran in the third trial
heat. Adams won easily In i seconds. The trial
heat for second men Was q walkoNer tor White. The
final heat was tine one. Sherreil, Murphy, Adams
and White ran punched halt the distance The Yale
man showed in front and won by yard in ~ 20
Rah Yale n yelled halt.thousand college mon.
Burkhardt of the PAstimes Ware and LANCE, OF the
Manbattans and c. L. Nicol with the blue ana gold
of the Brooklyn Athletic Association won great APP
pause ia the one-me walk. Burkhardr started on
In tue lead with the others In a bunch. Before tho
lower turn was passed LANCE caught him and got
foot in the lead amid cheering LArge increased his
lead to thirty then to dity yards and as be liked
IN minutes and seconds. Brrkhardt and Nicoll
tied tor second place.
The Manhattan crack walker, p. d. Skillnan. Gil
bert and Carter. the York Athletic Club cham
pione and Dolan. OF the Scottish Americans raced
the starter tor the oneme Garter took The lead
at with the Manhattan man following HIM close
ly Going round the upper turn on the last lap Jar
ter ran away from his 6eld and hilbert passed Skill
man AMID = shout from the Ncw-Yorx Athletic con-
tngent in q reserved portion OF the grand stand.
Time, minut-s and 80 seconds. The best American
record IL Georges minutes y seconds. Carter
The first OF the field contests was the pole vault,
and Wood account OF the injury to his foot did
run in the l0O-yar dasL this was the first ap-
pearance of any OF the English athletes. The bar was
placid at 8 ieet TO- start Ray, Neveistone Cricket
and Football CLUB. the English champion, vsulted
bar went up he used lis climbing tactics which
brought cheers, while the spectators couldn't help
laughing at his resemblance to q monkey climbing
rod Ray won the championship with leap OF 10
ieet 10 inches II. H. Baxter. New-York Athletic
Club champion was second with 10 ieet inches.
Westing OF the Msnnattans snd Cocbrane OF the
New Yorks had walkoyer tor the first heat Of the
22O yards run, both first and second 10 ttis race
were to be allowed to run in the final. The second
heat Vt the 30 was q splendid dash between the
Missourian Murphy and the Manhattan men X. f.
White and Adams Murphy passed his men t.ssty-
five yards from homo AMI won bv yard In ~ 10:
White was q yard ahead OF AdaLIs, Murphy and
Cochrane in the final heat and burst the tape two
feet in front OF the st. Louis in % 10 seconds.
The 1 L. mile bicycle race bI ought out p NJ Harris,
OF the xiou Bicycle, and L. j. kOlD and j. w. Powers
OF the Manhattans Harris got to the froLt at once
and led tor the irst three laps. The hnish between
Kolb drst aud Powers second fine Time,
minutes 80 2-5 seconds.
The hal:-mie run was the most exciting occurrence
of the day 80 tar Eleven feet runners came out Tor
IL and the ladies cheered Herbert L. Mitchell, OF
the MaDhattaD club canc up ON 4. H. Smith. OF tho
New-York Athletic Club, who ad led all the way 60
into the st etch Mitchell pressed his leader close.
Sventy-ive yards from the finish the Halifax man. q.
Tracey moved out OF the bunch and rassng Smith on
the ms de he the race IN minutes 80 seconds.
Mitchell and Smith ran dead heat for second place.
Copeland OF the Manhattans beat RiDehardt of the
New York; by yard in the hrst heat Tor the 10
wards hurdle race Time, 10 13 seconds. Jordan OF
the New orks beat II. 5. Yong r., of the Manhat
tans the second OF the trial ats Young falling and
buting over hurdle NTH his head as lie went .Owu.
Young Deat Rinehardt easily the run Of to decide
which of the second the first and second trial
heats should in the dnal The final heat brought
Tote of applause tor the clever ober toppers Young
Jordan and Copeland. IL looked Ike dead heat
between Jord and Copeland, both OF them record
breakers at this style riaaing but Jordan won by
ak inches Tm- 10 % onds. ID OF O second
be low the American record made by Jordan last
year.
c. W. v. Cl ark, champion of the Spsrtan Harriers.
on,.,n and E. ID. LANCE, of the Manhattan Athletic
Club. champion OF America, were both in the three
mile walk th fonr others. LANCE took the LEAD as
he start and held IT to the finish winning IN - min
utes l2 So seconds. Clarke disqualified before
he had gone mile. the judge OF walking was round
!, missed.
The nequnrterot mile run was finished in ono
heat. Condoa. OF the American Athleuc Ciuo. APP
plabl, Banks Peverelby aud Mitchell OF the Mad
hstrans aud Thornton and Braddish. OF the New
Yur.s, were the starters. Bracdish "a ade the run
ming goins down the oasks'stSa AMI M atans the
and Applsby. Banks won In oil 40 seconds.
Everybody wanted TO see the running high Jump
Girl faced Page, Gay Richards Of Columbia College;
Moutange Of the Newly York Spartan Harriere. and
Rinehardt and Wiegand OF the New-Yor Athletic
Club Contested The bar was placed at a feet 10
inches 10 begin. Page loudly applanoed as no
careiessly topped the bar where his oIponeuts
couldn't touch 1t. Page with beautiful leap Of
feet IL inches.
punleyy OF the Brooklyn Athletic Association; Bost-
wick and Copeland the Mauaatns schuezcer OF the
American Athletic Club; Mapes, OF Columbia College:
and Wiegand, OF the Yorks. In the two trial
heats OF the 220yards hurdle race. Wiegand won the
first OF handicaps from Dnnlsvy in % 10 seconds
great cheer when Copeland spurted his last 20
yards second heat leaving Mapes and schnssees
far behind and excited crowd gatheroo
round the timckespers Copeland's time was
20 2-5 seconds. and IL beats the American
record also made by Copeland OF 2jH seconds.
4 he nna heat lie Wiegand, Dunevy, Mapes and
copeland was a fine struggle. copeland won by yard
years record by ifth OF second.
The dead between H. /. Mitchell. jr, OF the Man
hatians and c. NJ Smith. OF the Now Yorks, was won by
smith by yards and the New-iork boys aud their
sympathizers shouted themselves bosrsc
r. C. Garter, the champion cros~country runner, who
la, won maj victories In England, got on the marx
with d. sknian. L. Hickey a,d y. Ware. OF the Man
y m. <offh Ovmp aff D